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Cimarron
1931 2h 3m Not Rated
Western
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Drama
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History
5.8
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A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Directed By
Wesley Ruggles
Written By
Howard Estabrook
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
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Cast of Cimarron
Richard Dix
Yancey Cravat
Irene Dunne
Sabra Cravat
Estelle Taylor
Dixie Lee
Nance O'Neil
Felice Venable
William Collier Jr.
The Kid
Roscoe Ates
Jesse Rickey (as Rosco Ates)
George E. Stone
Sol Levy
Stanley Fields
Les Yountis
Robert McWade
Louis Hefner
Edna May Oliver
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
Judith Barrett
Donna Cravat (as Nancy Dover)
Eugene Jackson
Isaiah
Max Barwyn
Sabra's Luncheon Greeter (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
(uncredited)
Edith Fellows
(uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Murch Rankin (uncredited)
William Janney
Man Phoning Ambulance (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Killer (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
Man Warning Yountis (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
(uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
(uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Young Donna (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
(uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Dancer at Ball
Hank Potts
Stunts (uncredited)
Cimarron Reviews
Alternate Ending
Tim Brayton
The all-time worst winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Critically lauded at the time of its release, Cimarron was beloved by most who saw it. Eight decades later, it is frequently cited on lists of the most undeserving Academy Award winners.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The first western to win an Oscar for Best Picture.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Despite Yancey's admirable causes, the pacing is slow and the narrative uninspired, resulting in an important yet ponderous extravaganza.
New York Daily News
Irene Thirer
"Cimarron" is magnificent in scope, powerful in treatment, admirable in acting. But it is even more than all this. It is one of few talking picture productions which inspires rather than awes.
TIME Magazine
TIME Staff
It is a long, full-bodied picture, paced so deftly that although it covers more than half a century of crowded, changing events, it never drags and is rarely jerky.
Variety
Variety Staff
This is a spectacular western away from all others. It holds action, sentiment, sympathy, thrills and comedy -- and 100% clean.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
A graphic and engrossing screen conception.
The Film Daily
Film Daily Staff
Director Wesley Ruggles, Richard Dix, and the whole RKO personnel involved, appear to have put everything they had into this production, with the result that it turns out to be a stupendous entertainment.
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Shadow Stage
One of the year's best pictures.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Martin Dickstein
It turned out to be, at its best, a talking picture more satisfying than the average, and, in Its less inspired moments, something to tax the patience of the please-easiest audience.
Washington Star
E. de S. Melcher
With due regards to the author's craftsmanship, the picture version seems better than the original.
Cine-Mundial
Eduardo Guaitsel
Anyone who wants to see the best Western needs to admire Cimarron. [Full Review in Spanish]
Nerdist
Witney Seibold
I can see the epic tragic scope that Cimarron was going for, and I can glean the dramatic irony inherent in the hugeness of it all, but it just doesn't work. It's a stiff, unengaging movie.
New Yorker
Pauline Kael
One of Edna Ferber's heartfelt, numbskull treks through the hardships and glories of the American heritage.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Too bad the rest of the film doesn't measure up to the opening.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
It holds up surprisingly well today.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Cimarron, a rather weak film, is one of the few Westerns to win the Best Picture Oscar.
Cinema Sight
Wesley Lovell
Consistently dull, this old western tale is highlighted by an endearing debut performance by Irene Dunne.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
There's a reason Wesley Ruggles' movies aren't often revived and this is one of them.
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